I have come to the conclusion while my sporadic writing contributes, my blog is badly organized...So I thought a condensed version of why I even broached the subject of: Moments of Impact was necessary. Those of you that know me, know that I can be a bit "wordy".
When I wrote my first moment of impact story, it was for a two-fold reason. 1. I wanted to keep the stories in tact for my kids and 2. I realized that moments of impact; big or small draw a line in our faith.
We face a choice...all moments of impact do not end well and although the ones I chose to write about did...I still came to a line. I had to choose to cross over that line on faith that no matter what, even if the horrific happened, God was still good. OR cross over into complete hopelessness choosing to venture forth alone with no control.
Moments of impact can happen minute by minute, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and so on. Really, the truth is "moments" are happening constantly. It's those experiences that change the way we see, the way we think, the way we go on. God is in every minute, working for the good and He created us to be moments of impact on others as well as uses them to shape us for the greater good.
I struggle with horrific meaningless moments of impact but, the one thing I know...God can use anything for good. The trick, if we choose to see it, believe it and act upon that knowledge.
Am I saying we don't mourn, gnash our teeth or symbolically tear our robes in agony? No, but never, NEVER, forget that there is hope, even in the despair of tragedy-there is hope.
Moments of impact are priceless, do not overlook them, and do not pass up the blessing of creating one.
I hope all who read what I have to say understand that I am not telling you in my writing, I am reminding and encouraging me.
Now go out and do some impacting!
When I wrote my first moment of impact story, it was for a two-fold reason. 1. I wanted to keep the stories in tact for my kids and 2. I realized that moments of impact; big or small draw a line in our faith.
We face a choice...all moments of impact do not end well and although the ones I chose to write about did...I still came to a line. I had to choose to cross over that line on faith that no matter what, even if the horrific happened, God was still good. OR cross over into complete hopelessness choosing to venture forth alone with no control.
Moments of impact can happen minute by minute, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and so on. Really, the truth is "moments" are happening constantly. It's those experiences that change the way we see, the way we think, the way we go on. God is in every minute, working for the good and He created us to be moments of impact on others as well as uses them to shape us for the greater good.
I struggle with horrific meaningless moments of impact but, the one thing I know...God can use anything for good. The trick, if we choose to see it, believe it and act upon that knowledge.
Am I saying we don't mourn, gnash our teeth or symbolically tear our robes in agony? No, but never, NEVER, forget that there is hope, even in the despair of tragedy-there is hope.
Moments of impact are priceless, do not overlook them, and do not pass up the blessing of creating one.
I hope all who read what I have to say understand that I am not telling you in my writing, I am reminding and encouraging me.
Now go out and do some impacting!
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